The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Where no one could see, the snow woman floated behind the desk, staring curiously at Kogoro Mouri and blinking her eyes. "Kogoro Mouri's outfit is really unique!"

……

"Speaking of which, Yukiko, what are you doing here? I remember you were in America, weren't you?" Perhaps worried that everyone would continue to dwell on this issue, Kogoro Mouri quickly looked at Yukiko Kudo beside him and changed the subject.

"Well..." Yukiko Kudo tilted her head and thought for a moment, but didn't answer the question. Instead, she leaned closer to Kogoro Mouri with some curiosity. "By the way, there's something I want to ask you."

"whats the matter?"

"Alright, Miles, you ask!"

Although she really wanted to know the answer, Yukiko Kudo was a little embarrassed when she asked, so she looked at Eri Kisaki beside her.

Unfortunately, it's not just Yukiko Kudo who's like that.

Eri Kisaki naturally shared the same thought, "I don't want to. You only said that because you wanted to ask, right?"

"No, no, I think it's better if you ask!"

"Huh? What on earth is going on?"

Seeing the two suddenly pushing each other away in front of him, Kogoro Mouri was somewhat bewildered and confused, and subconsciously cast a questioning gaze toward Yuu Aragaki behind them.

However, Aragaki Yu simply shrugged at him, giving him a "good luck" look.

"???"

Now, Kogoro Mouri was even more confused.

Conan, who was watching the commotion from the side, "kindly" approached Kogoro Mouri and said, "Uncle, they want to know who you voted for in the beauty pageant held by Teitan High School back then."

"!!!"

Upon hearing Conan's words, Eri Kisaki and Yukiko Kudo immediately stopped making excuses.

Although they were a little embarrassed, they all turned to look at Kogoro Mouri.

"Beauty pageant?"

Upon hearing this somewhat unfamiliar term, Kogoro Mouri was visibly taken aback.

However, after recalling for a moment, Kogoro Mouri remembered, "Oh, you mean that incident twenty years ago!"

It seems that Kogoro Mouri still remembers what happened back then.

At this moment, not only Yukiko Kudo and Eri Kisaki, but even Ran was staring at her father with gossip.

After all, knowing who her father voted for back then would reveal the winner of that spectacular beauty pageant.

At that moment, Ran suddenly realized that if Sonoko were here right now, she would probably jump up excitedly.

Conan, who usually scoffs at beauty pageants, stared wide-eyed at Kogoro Mouri, silently wondering, "Who will Uncle Mouri choose? His own mother? Or Aunt Eri?"

Chapter 602 Kogoro Mouri's Choice Between Life and Death! (2)

At the same time, Yuu Aragaki also looked at Kogoro Mouri with some curiosity, who seemed completely unaware of the danger he was facing.

Normally, anyone with a modicum of rationality would have pretended to be clueless and given vague answers at this point.

After all, for Kogoro Mouri, no matter who he voted for back then, it would inevitably cause displeasure to another lady now.

However, choosing the lesser of two evils is the best option, as long as Kogoro Mouri chooses...

While everyone's attention was focused on Kogoro Mouri, Eri Kisaki and Yukiko Kudo exchanged a glance without making a sound.

At this moment, both of them were guessing that Kogoro Mouri might have cast his vote for the other party.

Of course, they weren't just making wild guesses.

Yukiko Kudo did so because she felt that Eri Kisaki and Kogoro Mouri had a very good relationship back then.

In their eyes, Eri Kisaki and Kogoro Mouri were a perfect pair of bickering lovers. Although they often argued, it was obvious to everyone that their relationship was exceptionally good.

Eri Kisaki felt that Yukiko Kudo's appearance back then was so incredibly cute that it wouldn't be surprising if Kogoro Mouri voted for her.

Amidst the anticipation and conflicted feelings of Yukiko Kudo and Eri Kisaki.

Kogoro Mouri smiled and looked at Conan, replying, "I remember voting for Eri!"

Upon hearing Kogoro Mouri's answer, Eri Kisaki's face instantly turned incredibly red.

Although she was shy, she couldn't hide her joy and emotion, and looked happily at Kogoro Mouri, "Husband!"

Although Yukiko Kudo had expected this outcome, she still couldn't hide her sadness and looked at Yuu Aragaki beside her with teary eyes.

∑(O_O;)

Yuya Aragaki was startled by the little expression Yukiko Kudo gave him.

Please, lady, it wasn't me who cast the vote.

Yukiko Kudo blinked her blurry eyes at Yuu Aragaki, [I'm sad, need some comfort!]

Aragaki Yu: [Hehe...]

"Dad!" Seeing her understanding father, Ran clasped her hands together and looked at Kogoro Mouri with expectant eyes, extremely excited.

"actually……"

However, before everyone could get excited for long, Kogoro Mouri looked at Conan and spoke again.

But when he heard Kogoro Mouri utter those two words, Yuu Aragaki immediately sensed something was wrong.

It seems Kogoro Mouri is about to court disaster again.

as predicted.

Seemingly because the debt of eight million yen had been resolved, Kogoro Mouri, still in high spirits, did not notice the wink that Yuu Aragaki was giving him.

He became more and more excited as he talked, completely immersed in his memories of that year.

"Actually, I know absolutely nothing about what happened back then!" Kogoro Mouri muttered with a chuckle.

"Ok?"

"Know nothing?"

Even Xiaolan sensed that something was wrong.

"I thought 'MISS' meant 'deduction'!" Kogoro Mouri scratched the back of his head, completely unaware of the seriousness of the problem. "So I wrote down the name of a very slow-witted girl!"

"Um!?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed slightly.

Eri Kisaki's expression darkened further.

"So when you realized the significance of the beauty pageant, who did you vote for?" Xiaolan, who had originally thought she could use this opportunity to mend her parents' relationship, suddenly became anxious and asked with a hint of disappointment.

"..."

Hearing Ran's question, Aragaki Yu glanced at her with a rather helpless expression.

Ah, that's a good question.

Isn't the answer already obvious?

If no one had asked, Eri Kisaki's reputation might have been somewhat preserved.

But now that I've asked this...

Good heavens, this is outrageous!

"Of course we'll vote for Yukiko, who was so cute and pretty back then!" For some reason, Kogoro Mouri, completely oblivious to the atmosphere, stood up and moved closer to Yukiko Kudo.

Upon seeing this scene, Aragaki Yu also let out a slight sigh.

As expected, Kogoro Mouri had absolutely no idea what the will to survive was.

Upon hearing this, Yukiko Kudo immediately shook off the disappointment she had felt from her earlier defeat and put on a sweet smile.

The snow woman, who had been floating around the office, suddenly trembled and instantly returned to Aragaki Yu's side, alert. "Oh no! There's murderous intent!"

Yuu Aragaki subconsciously looked in Eri Kisaki's direction, only to see that Eri Kisaki had put away her happy smile and showed an expression completely opposite to her previous one.

Yes, she was still smiling.

But it became like the wind in the dead of winter, extremely cold.

The next second, a thunderclap rose from the ground.

"!!!"

Kogoro Mouri, finally realizing his mistake after being pierced by Eri Kisaki's murderous intent.

Realizing things had gone wrong, Kogoro Mouri quickly waved his hands, trying to salvage the situation, saying, "No, no, that's not what I meant!"

"Eri is a bookworm, but she's also very pretty..."

Little did he know that his indecisive and ambiguous attitude only made Eri Kisaki and Yukiko Kudo more displeased.

"Ha ha……"

The next second, Eri Kisaki, who had completely lost faith in Kogoro Mouri, reached out and picked up the envelope containing money from the table.

"Oh, by the way, this time Yukiko, Aragaki Yu, and I teamed up to help, so the three of us will each take 10% from you, which is one million yen each as a reward!"